Shoemaker's Song

DESCRIPTION: "Married me a wife and I settled here for live. She had no shoes; I had no time to make them." "I didn't have but one old hen..., She sot for a week on a dozen eggs, and didn't hatch but one chicken." The singer also struggles with steers, cows, etc.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1953 (Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric)
KEYWORDS: wife clothes hardtimes chickens
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric 66, "Shoemaker's Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11324
File: Brne066

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